Brush



(No Model.)

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BRUSH.

Patented Jan. 21, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN \VEHNER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,374, dated January21, 1896.

Application filed. May 13,1895. Serial No. 549,128. (No model.)

Michigan, have invented certain new and' adapted for bottle andlamp-chimney cleaning purposes by mounting it pivotally on a handle I,as shown in Fig. 6; but it also serves as a useful foundation-brush formaking a variety of other brushes for kindred purposes usefulimprovements 1n Brushes, or which the following is aspecification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to the manufacture of brushes adapted for thevarious purposes of cleaning bottles, lamp-chimneys, &c. and theinvention consists in the novel construction of the brush and mode ofmaking the same.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my completed brush. Figs. 2, 2 and 2are perspective views of the parts forming the brushhead. Fig. 3illustrates in perspective View the first step in the manufacture of thebrush. Figs. 4 and 5 are cross-sections of the brush at different stagesof its manufacture. Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating theapplication of my brush for bottle-cleaning. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveView illustrating the application of my brush for other purposes.

In making my brush I use a metallic brushhead, as A, formed of sheetmetal bent into the form of a gutter and provided along its edges withnotches B, all as shown in Fig. 2. In addition I use a piece of wire 0,formed with or without the hooks D at the ends. Bunches of bristles Ebeing laid into the notches of the head, as shown in Fig. 3, and likebunches into the hooks D of the wire 0, the wire 0 is then pressed intothe head to hold the bristles down, as shown in crosssection in Fig. 4,and then the flaps F which separate the notches are bent down upon thewire, as shown in cross section in Fig. 5. The finished brush has thenthe appearance shown in Fig. 1, and it is obvious that the longitudinalrow of bristles G may be more or less outwardly inclined, and one orboth of the bristles H may be dispensed with.

A brush of this character is strong and can be cheaply manufactured. Itis especially 1n which a radial arrangement of the bristles isdesirableas,for instance, in making round brushes, as shown in Fig. 7,in which a num ber of brushes are secured in grooves to a common head J.

It is obvious that-minor changes may be made in the different parts ofthe brush without in the least departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a brush, the combination of thehead, flaps thereon, bristles between the flaps, and a wire within saidhead on the bristles, said wire and bristles being held in place bybending down the said flaps, substantially as described.

2. In a brush, the combination of the metallic head bent insubstantiallytube shape with overlapping edges, having separated notches thereinregistering and forming openings, bent bristles in said openings, theirends projecting outwardly through the same, and a wire between the saidoverlapping edges and the bends of the bristles, for holding the latterin place, substantially as described.

3. In a brush, the combination of the head A formed of sheet metal, withnotches B and flaps F, the wire 0 provided with a hook or hooks Dadapted to hold a bunch of bristles as H, and the longitudinal rows ofbristles G, formed by laying bunches of bristles into the notches of thehead and securing the wire 0 in the head by bending over the flaps F,all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN WEHNER.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, O. F. BARTHEL.

